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Raises Women’s Awareness of Heart Disease with the Go Red For Women Movement   Milwaukee, Wis. (May 2, 2007) – The Milwaukee Mile and the American Heart Association announced today they will work together to increase awareness of heart disease in the Milwaukee community. The focus is to increase awareness of heart disease in women through the Go Red For Women movement....

Madison, Wis. -- Playing on the fears and aspirations of serious cyclists, Planet Propaganda matches tight, saturated, fashion-quality photos of Bontrager's wheels and components with a simple challenge: "Upgrade." Designed as single-page and spread formats, each ad remains steadily focused on a single, precisely engineered element and the unspoken threat that if you don't have Bontrager; you may be...

May 2, 2007 (Madison, WI) – The Regional Economic Development Entity (placeholder name REDE, pronounced "ready"), a not-for-profit entity serving the eight-county Capital Region, is pleased to announce that Jennifer Smith has been hired as Communications Specialist, effective Monday, April 30, 2007. Ms. Smith most recently served as Editorial Director for In Business magazine. In her current role, Ms....

Madison, Wis. (May 3, 2007) –  Earlier today, Edgewood College President Daniel J. Carey presented the President’s Award for Ethical Leadership to Mr. John Berthelsen, president, Suttle-Straus, Inc. in Waunakee. Berthelsen was honored for his lifelong commitment to community, education, economic development and for his leadership in helping to create one of Wisconsin’s premier corporations.   “John Berthelsen is the perfect...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – There has been a “paradigm shift” in thinking among industry, regulators and society at large about the need to limit carbon emissions to control global warming, state Public Service Commission member Mark Meyer said Tuesday. Speaking as part of a panel at a Geological Carbon Sequestration conference UW-Madison Engineering School, Meyer said...

MADISON, Wis., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Democracy reached the art world today as the work of 10 artists was put to a public online vote to determine which of their images The Guild, Inc. will publish this fall as a signed and numbered edition of giclee art prints, to be sold through The Artful Home(R) catalog and artfulhome.com Web...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of KSR International Corp. on Monday strengthens challenges against overreaching human embryonic stem cell patents held by an affiliate of the University of Wisconsin, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) said today. The patents, held by the Wisconsin...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association's State of the Air 2007 report card was released today, and it sounds a clear warning to the millions of American living in the upper Midwest. While many of the Midwest counties and cities scored in the American Lung Association's annual air quality report card did well, other regions...

MILWAUKEE, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Olde English, a leading malt liquor brand, is honoring body artists by tattooing its can this summer. From May through August, the Olde English (OE) tattoo-themed cans will be available nationwide, and a different design will be available each month. The new packaging, designed by nationally renowned artist Marcus Suarez, is a part of...